Multinationals without advantages

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 617-630

  Fosfuri, Andrea ^a   Motta, Massimo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exports; Foreign direct investment; Technological spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033263745     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00176     Document Type: Article

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